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3 and then? to find the Compositae? marshalling their cohorts in autumn splendor, on our return. There is really but a
very small portion of our year which is blossomless, so lavish is Nature in this wonderful land. Thanking you again, most
sincerely. I am Very gratefully and cordially Mary Elizabeth Parsons San Rafael, Cal. Dec. 10th 1896.